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Taxidermists wanted
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/taxidermists-wanted/Recruiting cadet taxidermists and scientific officers in 1891 - 'well educated lads' with 'a taste for natural history' wanted.
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Citizen Science 1960s Style: Butterflies at Sea
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/butterflies-at-sea/A ship's captain gets involved in citizen science.
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Aboriginal voices from the 1980s
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/aboriginal-voices-from-the-1980s/Indigenous theatre, music and political activism in Australia through poster art from the 80s and 90s.
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August 23, 1831 - shot with his own gun
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/august-23-1831-accidentally-shot-with-his-own-gun/Today is the anniversary of the unfortunate death of the Museum's first employee, William Holmes.
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A Fishy Tale from 1926
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/fishy-tale-1926/In 1925, Museum staff were contracted to prepare fish exhibits for the Fijian Government. Unfortunately, all did not go to plan.
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On unicorns...
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/unicorns/This beautifully preserved book is a scientific examination into unicorns and other horned beasts dating from 1645.
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Lantern slide collections in the AM Archives
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/lantern-slide-collections-in-the-am-archives/Illuminating the Australian Museum's first image library - 30,000 glass lantern slides.
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Thomas Whitelegge, a workingman naturalist
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/thomas-whitelegge-a-workingman-naturalist/The lantern slide collection reminds me of the story of Thomas Whitelegge - factory hand, biologist, Darwin correspondent and single father.
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Adventure novels in a natural history library?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/adventure-novels/Sometimes, items in a specialist library collection might seem to veer a little off-topic...
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A vision realised
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-vision-realised/Charles Ledgers' 19th century vision for an expansive alpaca wool industry was a long time coming.
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